Bright Sunshiny Day

If You Came to My House....

My sweet friend Leann tagged me for the new fun meme!  Here goes:

You would see:

The yard of the month sign in our front yard!  Yep.  I'm dorky that way.  In the dining room you'd see our dining room table, our old kitchen table that we don't want to get rid of....and the new coffee table for the new living room when I change the dining room to a living room.  You'd also see our video camera set up....spying on the punks.

We’d probably feed you:

Andy's homemade salsa!  And some yummy guacamole to go with it.  I'd  have a pot of tortilla soup on the stove (YUMMO) and The Salad from Market Street Grocery.  Dessert would be either Texas Sheet Cake, Strawberry cake, or Cream Cheese Bars.  Diet coke, water and coffee would be the beverage!

 

We’d undoubtedly ask if you’d read:

Shepherding a Child's Heart.  Right now we are both reading the Master Plan for Evangelism, so we might bring that up.  If you are a girl, I'd give Mitford a mention (like Leann!)  and A Woman After God's Own Heart by Elizabeth George.  OH and Holiness by RC Sproul.  Then I'd haul out my Systematic Theology book and try to spur you into a conversation about the sovereignty of God.  We'd have a blast. Finally, I'd run over to my neighbors and get my Restoration Series books by Terri Blackstock back.  Thrilling.

We’d want to play this music for you:

Random play list on the ol IPOD

We’d want to tell you the latest about:

Kids, dogs, punks, decorating projects. Since we've already covered theology, we'd just hang.  I'd show you the colors I've picked for the trim of the outside of the  house and for our master bedroom.  Then I'd show you my fabrics that I've picked for my room.  Then we'd just visit!

We’d probably suggest a game of:

oh dear.  Don't know.  We play trouble and jenga a lot with E and C.  But we don't have very many grown up games.

We might show off:

What?  The yard?  Funny Super Bubbie?  The crazy dogs?  Not sure.  Andrew would  definitely show you his  John Deere tractor that Pops scored at a garage sale.  He can even drive it!

We might get on the computer and show you:

Nothing

If it was a long enough visit, we might watch:

The kids would be welcome to enjoy a movie but I cannot imagine what we could watch other than tons of kiddos and all the other stuff above. *this answer stolen from Leann!

What would a visit to your house be like?

Oh....If you read this and want to do it, then YOU'RE IT!

It's Raining!

I love rainy days!  They are right up there on my list of the greatest things ever!  Today is cool, gray and wet.  The perfect excuse to stay home, wear socks with my cropped pants, watch a few extra cartoons and serve popsicles for lunch.

Here is my list  for today - in no particular order:

• the rain - because I am in charge of keeping my neighbor's yard alive this week!
• cooler temps - both outside and on my son's thermometer
• downey fabric softner
• our ginourmous zondervan discount
• deciding NOT to clean house, but to read instead
• cliniques deep comfort body moisturizor - my dry, cracked, winter hands are healed! a miracle!
• vermont nut free chocolates. Hoo-ray for the skippers! yummo!
• clifford the big red dog .... and the sick lil super bubbie who loves that big red dog
• my new parallel Bible (four versions side by side!)
• welch's fruit snacks and philly swirl popsicles
• socks
• Steve Green's Hide 'Em in Your Heart Scripture songs
• spending last night reading a cookbook (psst, tiff, it was the golden plate! I love that book)
• two big dogs who are trying to be good.

"The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.  The Lord is good to all and his mercy is over all he has made!"  Psalm 145:8-9

Odds and Ends

This weekend I have:

• Wrapped up swimming lessons for the boy. Oh. My. Goodness.
• Picked out a new coffee table for my new dining room turned living room. LOVE IT. I should take its picture! Sandra - can't wait for you to help me be inspired by it!
• Spent way too much time surfing Realtor.com. Found a place! I'm pretending that we are moving soon. Yep. It's *NORTH*
• Did my time in the nursery and children's church on Sunday
• Took care of a sick lil boy! So pitiful. We were grateful Gigi and Pops were here to once again keep the puny ones while Andy and I went to church. He's still yucky today.
• Had a movie date with the hubs. Prince Caspian. E and C are hooked on Narnia. We are now on Book 5. Thinking that I am going to let them see this movie even though it's a little more grown up than the Lion, Witch and Wardrobe. They play Narnia constantly! I love when they pretend what we are reading.
• Soccer game Saturday. The other team no-showed so we had a great game of Daddy's vs Girls. Not sure who won?
• Stewed some more about the bombs. We know what they are made of - not going to post it - and we think we know whose doing it. Too bad the cops can't go drag them in for being punks. These things are so loud that our friends four houses down heard them. We have been very impressed with our local PD.
• Our neighbor across the street wants to get the feds involved. He is that steamed about it. For the sake of the punks, I hope the police get them before George does.
• Swam at Kim's and took care of Sadie for her.
• Ate way too many white Cheddar Cheeto's.
• Planted some more flowers in memory of my other flowers that got bombed.
• Read a little.
• OH> And I have my smart reading list ready to share. Want to know what it is? Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem. Read it with me! Our pastor suggested that I read it - because I have so. many. questions. Little does he know that this book will only prompt more questions!

And that's about all I've got for now.

Just a Smidge Perturbed...or Maybe Just Plain Ol' ANGRY

Here goes.  You may want to scoot a back from the screen....I'm about TO YELL LOUDLY.

And I really don't get to worked up.  Much.  But this is DIFFERENT.

I am sitting in the study blogging.  It's 11:15.  I should be asleep.  However, while I am sitting in the study blogging my husband is outside on the front porch talking to some police officers, a whole firetruck full of firemen and waiting on an investigator.

Why?  You wanna know WHY?

Because since December we have had our Frosty the Snowman popped by baseball bats, a bee-bee gun has shot through the window above our front door leaving a nice bullet hole and (stand back - here comes the shouting again....)

Last friday night two "bombs"  one right after the other expolded in two of our front flower beds. Sounded like two gunshots.  I thought for sure someone on the street behind us was laying shot in their house....it was so LOUD and so close.  I didn't sleep for the rest of the night.....the next day we found the remnants of the "bombs" in our yard.  Killed some of my plants.  After we figured out that the gunshots were really these bomb thingys and IN OUR YARD - we called the police.

And just about forty five minutes ago - Hubs is in the shower, kids are all tucked in and I just crawled in bed and guess what? BOOOM!

Anohter bomb....this time thrown right up against OUR FRONT DOOR.

What the heck?

Neighbors come pouring out and there I am in my pj's peering out the front door scared to come out.  My across the street neighbor comes running and hollaring to call the police and while I'm standing there shaking like a stick he stands guard while I get Andy. 

Yep.  I am so mad.  Frustrated mad.  Ebby Halliday here we come.  This is just crap.  

The Last Day of School!

Thirty five weeks ago, in the back seat of my van, I had two little girls FULL of nervous energy.  One with zero front teeth and they were both singing as loud as I would let them:

Now, Billy Joe McGuffrey
was a really clumsy kid.
On the first day of first grade
I'll tell you what he did.
He tripped over a pencil box,
flew up in the air,
landed on a kangaroo
who pulled out all his hair!
He needed first aid in the first grade,
first aid in the first grade,
first aid in the first grade.
You could buy a zoo with all the doctor bills he paid.

Today, I brought home two little - but bigger little girls.  One with her big girl front teeth all grown in and one who just the other day lost her first front tooth.  My goodness.  How things change around here!  Super Bubbie had just turned two and now he's nearly three!

We've left behind most of our picture books - and replaced them with chapter books.  Andrew has outgrown even his biggest onsie - but still loves his paci  and we left behind hair bows for a brief amount of time....only to embrace them again.....along with a new interest in what we look like on the outside.  Thankfully, they still want my help and approval on any sort of outfit/combo/hair inspiration that they come up with. 

This summer holds a promise of being a sweet one!  The little girl years are slipping by and I have to say that I hate to see them go....we still have so much to learn!  So many things to discover together.  I've loved first grade~I've loved having two first graders and a two year old this year!  My son knows grammar jingles, the Ten Commandments, and our Ancient Egyptian history song.   This year has brought so much change in our life and we scratch our heads and whisper thank you to the Heavenly Father who has been so, SO good to us.

I'll leave you with one little girl's first journal entry.  It's just too sweet not to share....and my goodness....to those who have walked along beside us this year, I hope this touches your heart, too.

I have a nice worm (warm) house.  Worm (warm) as can be.  Everything in it is very cozy.  It is a happy place.  Come and see.  Everyone in it are as nice as can be.  I love my sweet puppies outside my door and I love my worm (warm) bed.  It is nice.  Everything there is so full of love.  Everything there on rainy days are snug-a-bug!  Everyone there are happy and the kids will play with joy!